Kids Book Index
Alex Morgan, with Sarah Durand
Alex Morgan recounts her life in soccer, including playing at the 2011 Women’s World Cup, winning Olympic gold at the 2012 London Games, and becoming one of the National Team’s leading scorers. The memoir also discusses her drive to set goals and face challenges. It includes eight pages of full-color photographs and presents Morgan’s experience as a female athlete.
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The Summer We Saved the BeesRobin StevensonTwelve-year-old Wolf’s mother is determined to address honeybee colony collapse. She takes her Save the Bees campaign on the road with the whole family, disrupting their lives. For Wolf, concern for the planet is tied to trying to protect his family from problems it has created for itself. The story follows a family journey shaped by a parent’s environmental campaign and Wolf’s worry about its effects at home.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) *Breakthrough!: How Three People Saved “Blue Babies” and Changed Medicine ForeverJim MurphyIn 1944, Alfred Blalock, Helen Taussig, and Vivien Thomas collaborated on pioneering heart surgery for babies. Blalock, a surgeon, gained international fame after the operation succeeded. Thomas, Blalock’s African American laboratory assistant, painstakingly developed the technique and stood behind him during surgery to give step-by-step instructions. The book interweaves their lives with the medical and social dimensions of this breakthrough, using archival photographs and back matter.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
BreakoutKevin EmersonAnthony Castillo writes lyrics for his rock band, and the song becomes widely shared online. At school, that response gives him the reputation of a rebel, though he does not want to be a hero. As he prepares for a school performance, he is instructed to censor the lyrics and must decide how to respond. Seeking a new life, he compares his situation to the lowest level of the video game Liberation Force 4.5. Mr. Darren leads the rock band program.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details